Comment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
of the Donetsk People's Republic
on the OSCE Observers Mission

The Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Donetsk People's Republic would like to remind
everyone that since the 12th of May, the date of tally of votes cast at
the Independence Referendum, the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk
People's Republic are sovereign states being in the process of association
at present. The documents signed by the present Kiev government or the
Government of former Ukraine have no force in the territory of the DPR.
Accordingly, any documents issued by the OSCE mission, including the OSCE
Decision No. 1117 of March 21, 2014 on Deployment of an OSCE Special Monitoring
Mission to Ukraine, as well as other international organizations specifying
"Ukraine" or "the Donetsk Region" as their venue are
now inoperative in the territory of the DPR.

We would also like
to inform anyone concerned that the OSCE has declined the signing of the
Memorandum on the terms and procedure of the Mission's operation in the
territory of the Donetsk People's Republic. Up to the present moment,
the representatives of the central Kiev office of the OSCE Special Monitoring
Mission to Ukraine have not answered our request of May 13, and thus they
even declined the discussion of the conditions and safety of their visits
to the territory of the DPR. Under such conditions, all responsibility
for further consequences rests with the representatives of the OSCE Mission
who continued their operations after the 12th of May without legitimate
authorization.

We would like to
inform anyone concerned that no OSCE international missions or those of
any international or national organizations can be continued in the territory
of the DPR without signing appropriate international agreements with the
Government of the DPR, except the Red Cross Mission whose activities within
the framework of its humanitarian functions we are ready to support without
supplementary conditions. The same is true in respect of the Organization
for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) fact-finding mission investigating
possible use of chemical weapons in the cities of Odessa and Mariupol
whose beginning we greet.

The respective interested
states and international organizations should immediately get in touch
with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the DPR using any contact details
specified on the official website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of
the DPR in order to agree upon the terms of their officials' visits to
the territory of the DPR and their accreditation.

Otherwise, all blame
for illegitimate activities in the territory of the DPR and their possible
consequences will rest with the respective international organizations
and governments.